Building Strong Shoulders!

Strong Shoulders can help you with tasks around the house, like taking
garbage to the street, or traveling with heavy luggage. Like the
back, you don't want to have problems with your shoulders. The best
thing is do a regular exercise program where you are utilizing all the shoulder
muscles, deltoids, trapezius and rhomboids. I have had good success with my
shoulder exercises and I am happy with my progress.

The exercises shown below can be done with barbells or dumbbells. I recommend
you switch off. When you are using dumbbells, you strengthen tiny muscle fibers
that aren't utilized when you are lifting a barbell. Try it, you will be amazed
at the difference between the lift of a barbell compared to a dumbbell. These
workouts for the shoulders are designed to increase your strength and if you
use heavy weights, will give you big, huge, strong shoulder muscles.

When training the shoulders, use care and give your muscles an off day. Train a
muscle set that doesn't use the shoulders the next day. Your body needs the
rest days as much as it needs the workout days to grow large.

As always, if you haven't exercised in a long time or you have long standing
medical problems, be sure and see a doctor before starting this or any exercise
routine.

Remember to start slow with small
weights, just because you lifted 200 pounds as a 20 year old doesn't mean you
have to begin at that weight. Try 10 pounds or 20 pounds and work up from
there. The shoulder muscles play such an integral part in everything we
do, that you don't want to mess that up. If you haven't weightlifted in
a long time or have never weightlifted, then start small. I can't stress that
enough. These exercises can be very dangerous if not done correctly or
with the proper weight.

We have tried to help you get started with building big, bigger shoulders.
These are the basics in weightlifting for the shoulders, for the novice and
with extra work for the serious bodybuilder. Take the time to try these
shoulder exercises and you will be happy with your results. These are solid
workouts for the shoulders.

I want to encourage you to have fun in your quest for a better, stronger, more
fit body and shoulders. Sometimes, you will have to take a day off.
Listen to your body, after a long weekend doing yard work and playing with
family and friends and your body is screaming for a rest, take a day off from
your weightlifting routine and relax and let your body recover. Always think
long term in your exercising goals.

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